<p>If I scored a 1950 in the PSAT without previous studying, what can I expect to score in the SAT, if I do study?</p>
<p>If I ran 2 miles without preparing for a marathon, how many miles can I expect if I do prepare?</p>
<p>It all depends on how much you study and how much you gain from studying. Three of my friends and I all got the same score on the PSAT, a 190 exactly. But we all studied to different degrees, and two of my friends ended up dropping down to the 1700 range while my third friend stayed relatively the same. I was the only one who shot up a considerable amount; I got a 2030 with a horrible 7 essay. I probably also studied more than all three of them. </p>
<p>So you should just study as much as you can for now, and worry about what type of score you’ll get later, perhaps after you’ve taken some practice SATs or the real SAT because you really don’t know what you’ll get until you take one. On my first diagnostic after I took the PSAT, I dropped down to a 1590 I think simply because I wasn’t used to taking such a long test. So just study hard and try your best, and definitely take some practice SATs under the actual time constraints before you take the real one.</p>
<p>anything from a 1800 to a 2400.</p>
<p>For the record, I scored higher on the SAT then the PSAT with no preparation. I was somewhere else when I was taking that test.</p>
<p>2120 Oct Sat/220 PSAT/2170 superscored by March</p>
<p>once you get to the top and are only missing 1-3 questions, it gets a lot iffier. For example, incidentally, on the PSAT, I got the lowest on CR, while I got an 800 on the SAT. I also got mostly perfect on the PSAT and the math was my lowest section. They are similar, but it’s so hard to do well, and so few questions make a difference, that you should prepare separately.</p>
<p>It really seems to vary. I got 68 CR/76 M/75 WR on the PSAT for a 219 and 800 CR/770 M/690 WR on the SAT for a 2260 with no prep in between. It really just seems to depend on different people’s reactions to the longer test, essay, etc. (and to the specific questions on that particular day, some of it is chance)…</p>
<p>In 10th grade I got a 205 on the October PSAT and managed a 2200 on the June SAT.</p>
<p>In 11th grade I got a 222 on the October PSAT and got a 2400 on the March SAT. </p>
<p>Virtually every person I’ve spoken to has seen a jump of anywhere from 70-200 points from PSAT to SAT. The best thing you can do is use the PSAT to identify your weaknesses and use targeted studying. Also, RELAX! IT HELPS!</p>
<p>I scored worse on my SAT than on my PSAT. It really all depends on how prepared you are on SAT day.</p>
<p>it varies… i got a 222 on my psat and an 1850 on sat..</p>
<p>going to retake in a month of course but its not always the same..</p>
<p>My daughter got a 193 psat:
59 cr,73 m,60 w
Did not study for math, went to a tutor for cr and w (8 times).
Got 710,710,710 (2130)</p>
<p>Tutoring works.</p>
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<p>haha yeah, I got a 76 on the math psat in october 06 and got an 800 2 months later. A careless mistake will do that lol</p>
<p>You can improve with studying but generally PSAT a good indication of what you will get if you take SAT1 with the same preparation.</p>
<p>Increasing score for any subject to > 700 will require lots of practice or you need to have a score above 700 to begin with.</p>
<p>Thanks, guys. I guess I’ll just study alot, and a few months before the SAT start browsing through some tips and stuff, and maybe take a few practice tests.</p>
<p>My kid got on PSAT: 215</p>
<p>took SAT before PSAT and got: 2170
Math was about same score, reading changed from 800 SAT to 72 PSAT, writing changed from 670 SAT to 75 PSAT.
Did not study or otherwise prepare for any of these tests, except got really interested in writing and just wrote constantly for fun for 4 months prior to taking the PSAT, which probably accounts for the jump in the writing score. Says will be retaking after does some study, we’ll see if that changes anything.</p>